The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1887-09-30
ABOUT HATS.
How Character Is Portrayed by the DIFF
ferent Styles.

Did YOU ever observe, asks the st. Paul
| Globe, that a mans disposition can be
read by the style of hat he wears and the
way he wears it? Not SO with a woman.
There Is more diversity of style in wo
mems hats than mems. But q woman
always wears her hat according to the
way She has her hair fixed up. So that a
woman's hat can be no index to female
character.
II is different with men. There is a
close intimacy between the styles OF mems
headgear and the science of phrenology.
The hat is the bump which infalhbly
denotes the most prominent trait of
character. When a man buys hat he is
governed in the selection by the peculiar
organism of the brain. 1t doesn't make
any difference whether the particular hat
he selects is becoming to him or not, he
prefers il because he is built that way.
| If hewears an umbecoming hat he Is not
responsible for it. A man never looks In
a mirror when he tries hat on. A wo-
man always does.
The tall silk hat denotes financial
ability. Bankers, hotel clerks and news
reporters ALWAYS wear silk hats. Rich
men do not ALWAYS wear silk hats, nor are
men who wear silk hats always rich.
Stin, the silk hat is an unerring sign of
capacity for handling finances success
fully. 1t isn't every man who possesses
financial ability that gets rich, nor Is 1t
every man who gets rich that possesses
skill in financiering. Not by Jug full.
We state this that the public mind may
not get confused on these points.
The derby hat denotes energy. A man
who wears a derby always has the appear
ance of being on the 90. 1t is ready
for-all-occasions hat. 1t is at home
whether at church or on the baseball
grounds. The derby is a nobby little
cross between the silk and the slouch.
1t is an accommodating hat. The clergy
man looks well in il, and it fits the bar
tender to a st." And all the time it has
a pushing go-aheaditiveness in its APP
pearance that makes everything side
switch when the derby passes by.
And then there is the slouch hat. All,
there is the hat of liberty for you. The
slouch hat is the original old commoner.
1t is the hat for the masSes-democratlc
in style and republican in its simplicity.
There is nothing that symbolizes pure,
unadulterated Americani5m so well as
the slouch hat. The slouch hat denotes
sociability. 1t is the unfailing index of
genial temperament. 1t means that the
wearer is good fellow that will do to tie
10. he may De Detllh pIcSIucllt VI Hc
may be a cowboy, still you can rely on
his being a hale companion wherever you
meet him, possessing sturdy independ-
ence of character, and always ready to
extend helping hand wherever 1t is
needed.
The man who wears his hat perpen-
dicularly, whether il is a tile, q derby, or
siouch, has the bump of self-esteem
we'll developed. He thinks that he is the
upper crust of the pie and is entitled to
recognition. The man who wears his hat
down over the forehead is thoughtful
man. He is studious and communes with
himself great deal and is sometimes in
olined to moroseneSs.
But the man who wears his hat on the
back of his head is the one who doesn't
care whether school keeps or not. lie is
independent and self-reliant, and one
day is with him as another. He takes
notes of neither time nor individuals.
He is usually popular because he is al
ways generous. Sailors, and soldiers,
and jockeys and baseball players are not
included in this classification because
they always wear caps.